I expect it is somewhere between the complete dystopia you suggest and the rosy double digit growth the party suggests :-).
But yes, it would be good to know what the reality is.
But yes, it would be good to know what the reality is.
- limit citizens withdraws abroad
- prevent majority holders of more than 5% of a company to sell their shares
- stop the entire stock market from trading after a 7% decline
- limit $50k/year limit transfer out of china
Also, most stock markets have stop-trading circuit breakers.
If China's GDP has been growing at ~1-2%/yr, why does the air in Beijing look like soup?
As to the other points, that seems much more like social/corruption control than anything else.
Smoking gun is capital flight by Chinese themselves.